[CentOS] Tape drive throughput

>Maybe you should take your time to read the manpage for "mt".
>Also, check the "blocksize" configuration for your tape drive.
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>I'm not talking about cpio -C or dump -b or tar -b. I'm talking
>about "mt setblk" and "blocksize" for stinit.
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I'm quite familiar with mt's man page.   I use 'setblk 0' for my 
clients' backups... but for compatibility reasons, not for performance 
ones.  (Most OSes know about variable block size, BTW.  Even SCO Open 
Server.) I see no reason to turn Bowie's simple question into a "this is 
really complicated" answer when it's not.

-Steve